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1 Peso Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco del Rosario de Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown intaglio-printed note with four large numeral '1' corner medallions set within intricate guilloche rosettes. A central vignette at the top depicts an allegorical group of angels or cherubs surrounding a seated female figure. The denomination UN PESO appears twice in bold letterpress across the centre, below the serial number, with the promise-to-pay legend reading 'PAGARÁ Á LA VISTA UN PESO AL PORTADOR' and the currency designation 'PLATA BOLIVIANA EN EFECTIVO'. The bank title 'EL BANCO DEL ROSARIO' is printed vertically in the left border and across the top, with handwritten date and signatures of the Inspector and President at the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DEL ROSARIO UN PESO PAGARÁ Á LA VISTA UN PESO AL PORTADOR PLATA BOLIVIANA EN EFECTIVO ROSARIO El Inspector El Presidente |
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Banco del Rosario operated out of Santa Fé, Argentina, during a period when provincial banks held real monetary authority — the national banking system that would eventually consolidate that power was still years away. H.S. Crocker of San Francisco was an active commercial printer of the 1860s, better known for stationery and certificates than banknotes, which makes this commission an unusual piece of that firm's output.
The denomination in pesos plata boliviana — rather than pesos fuertes or the later peso moneda nacional — reflects the monetary fragmentation still common in interior Argentine provinces at this date, where Bolivian silver coinage remained a practical medium of exchange.